Lemon-juice extractor.



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APPLIOATION YILED 00T. 7, 1913.

atented July 28, 1914.

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LEMON-JUICE EXTBACTOR.

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Patented July 28, 1914.

Application tiled October 7, 1913. Serial No. 793,930.

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Be it known that I, Serre Tsuno, a subject of Emperor of Japan, residing at Newburgh, in the county of Orange and State of New York, have invented new and useful lmproi'emeuts in Lemon-Juice Extractors, of which the following is a specification.

The present invent-ion relates to new and useful improvements in lemon juice extractors.

An object of the invention is to so construct a lemon juice extractor which may be in the form of a cone and being provided with ribs and seated upon an inclined base and surrounded by a strainer, the said strainer leadine to a reservoir or rece tacle which is provided with a pouring mout i and which is graduated so that the exact quantity of the juice may be determined.

A further object of the invention is the construction of a lemon juice extractor of glass or other acid-proof material which has a conc-shaped extractor that is surrounded by an annular strainer, the strainer at certain points being provided with enlargements and having small openings between the said enlargements, the enlarged portions adapted to reinforce the strainer as well as to serve in compressing the fruit ltoward the extractor, thus materially facilitating the process of extracting the juice from the pulp ot' the fruit.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of an effective device of this class which is simple in construction, inexpensive and which will accomplish the result for which it is devised with ease and with accuracy.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and fallin" within the scope of the appended claims.

n the drawings: Fi ure 1 is a perspective view of my improved t evice, Fi 9. is a, top plan view of the same, Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal sectional view of the same, and Fig. L1 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 1 -4 of Fig. 2.

My improvement includes a juice-receiving receptacle 1 which has its opposite walls curved at its bottom and its bottom rounded. 'lhe rounded side walls preferably converge toward the center of said receptacle to provide the said receptacle with a mouth 2, and the central wall of the mouth is preferably slightly concaved or rounded, as at 3, and inclines gradually to the rounded bottom fl of said receptacle. The mouth is provided upon what I will term the front of the receptacle, and the rear wall of said receptacle is beveled inwardly and upwardly from its bottom 4, as indicated by the numeral 5. The inclined wall serves to direct the expressed juice to the receptacle, and the said receptacle is provided upon one or both of its sides with graduating marks 6 which indicate the uantity of the juice within the receptacle, t e marks shown in the drawings indicating one, two and four table-spoonfulls and one-half a cup full. The device is preferably formed of glass, so that the graduations may be perceptible from either side of the device as well as from the center of the receptacle. Of course` when the device is constructed of other material, the graduations are arranged upon the opposite inner walls of the receptacle. The inclined wall is supported by a continuous circular web 7 and terminating in a plane with the flat lower wall of the receptacle 1, so that. the device may be sustained in a perfect. horizontal position. The inclined wall (l joins with a continuous declivous or frusto-conical wall 9 which is inclined from 'its connection with the said wall 5 to the upper ortion of the rear wall 8 of the device, an the said rear wall above the frusto-conical wall or portion 9 is projected to provide a continuation or bead l0 which is arranged in a line with the upper wall or edge of the receptacle l. The declivous surface 0 is centrally provided with a cone-shaped extractor 11, the same being lprovided with spaced ribs 12, which materia y assist in extracting the juice from the pulp of the fruit when the emon is rotated upon the extractor.

Formed with the declivous surface 9 and spaced a suitable distance from the base of tie extractor 1l is a strainer 13. This strainer embodies a circular member or rin r which at certain peints, is provided witi arcuate reinforcements 14, the said reinforced portions being preferably arranged in pairs which are disposed diametrically opposite each other, and the said reinforcements extend both upon the exterior and interior of the ring-shaped strainer 13. The ring-sha ed strainer 13 between its enlargements 1 and at its juncture with the declivous surface 0 is slotted or otherwise provided with openings 15, one continuous openface ,arranged to one side of and above the receptacle, an extractor extending upwardly from the central portion of the declivous surface, a ring-shaped member upon the declivous surface spaced from the extractor and elevated at points above the deelivous surface.

An extractor including a juice rece itacle, a deciivous surface termed with the rear wail et the receptacle and extending above the said receptacle, a cene-shaped extractor arranged centrally of the declivous surface, a ring'surrounding the extractor, said ring having openings which communicate with the deelivous surface, and the said ring having its inner wall provided with abutments which are adapted to co-aet with the extractor in extracting the juice from the fruit.

4. A vessel having a continuous iiange, and one portion depressed to provide a receptacle, a declivous surface arranged to the rear of the receptacle and communicating therewith, the portion of the receptacle bctween the lange'of the said declivous surtace being inclined toward the receptacle, a cone-shaped extractor arising centrally from the decllvous surface, a ring strainer upon the said declivous surface surrounding the extractor and spaced therefrom, the said ring having openings which communicate with the declivous surface and the said ring having spaced inwardly projecting elements, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimonj7 in presence ot ing being arranged between each pair of the enlargements. The inner arcuate walls 16 of the enlargements or reinforcing members 14 serve as abutments or means forcempressing the portions of the fruit contacted thereby toward the strainer 11, thus ma. tei-hilly assisting the strainer in extracting all the juice from the fruit, the juice or extract passing through the openings 15 over and being directed by the declivous surface J and from thence to the inclined surface 17 which is arranged between the bead 10 and the opposite side of the device (as heretofore referred to) to the receptacle 1. The ring-shaped strainer 1B is of a sufficient height to receive all of the pulp from the fruit, while the openings or passages 15 are oni) sullicient to permit ot the juice or extract passing therethrough to the receptacle.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the simplicity of the device, as well as the advantages thereof will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such inventions appertain without further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, I claim is:

1. A lemon juice extractor consisting of a receptacle having a pouring mouth and having its sides graduated, an extractor arranged to the rear ot the receptacle, a ringshaped strainer surrounding the extractor, said strainer having enlarged reinforcing members spaced from each other and roviding inwardly and outwardly extending rounded walls, and the strainer between the reinforcements having its lower edge formed with openings.

E2. A lemon juice extractor comprising a juice receiving receptacle, a declivous surwhat whereof I aflix my signature two witnesses.

SUYEO TSURU.

wWitnesses:

JOHN A. DonEeLr., Geo. A. Brnxn.

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